"Anime is ethnically ambiguous!" vs. Space Battleship Yamato

The anime (known as Starblazers in the US)

The live action movie coming out this year:

An ad for some Yamato-related thing, with Yuki:

ZOMG THE JAPANESE CAN'T TELL WHAT ETHNICITY THE CHARACTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE! THAT'S THE "POINT" OF ANIME! etc.